Riding bracket, manufacturing method
OwnerMauro BENETTIinventor
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Abstract
Horse-riding stirrup (1) comprising a stirrup frame (2) which comprises a hooking portion (4) to a stirrup leather (100), a first side arm (6) and a support arm (8) connected to each other in an incident manner to define a frame compartment (10) engageable by a user's foot; a support element (42) for the user's foot, fitted to the support arm (8) and shape-coupled with an element seat (44) of said arm; The element seat (44) is delimited by an undercut portion (46) which a portion (48) of the support element (42) is wedged into on one side, another portion (50) of said element (42) being constrained to the support arm (8) by means of one or more mechanical fastenings (52) which extend through the thickness of the stirrup frame (2). The invention also relates to an assembly method of a stirrup.
Claims15
A horse-riding stirrup comprising:
- a stirrup frame which comprises a hooking portion to a stirrup leather, a first side arm and a support arm connected to each other in an incident manner to define a frame compartment engageable by a user's foot;
- a support element for the user's foot, fitted to the support arm and shape-coupled with an element seat of said arm;
- wherein the element seat is delimited by an undercut portion which an optionally tapered portion of the support element is wedged into one side, another portion of said element being constrained to the support arm by means of one or more mechanical fastenings, for example comprising one or more screws, which extend through the thickness of the stirrup frame.
The stirrup according to the preceding claim, wherein the stirrup frame has a general “C” or “L”, shape, said frame having a single first side arm which connects the hooking portion and the support arm.
The stirrup according to the preceding claim, wherein the second side arm comprises at least one flexible portion which in the coupling configuration presses the free end in abutment with the support arm and which, in order to achieve the release configuration, allows the second side arm to bend in part, to snap-disengage the free end from the support arm, for example as a result of a stress in a direction opposite the first side arm.
A method of assembling a stirrup for horse-riding, for example according to any of the preceding claims, comprising the steps of:
- providing a stirrup frame which comprises a hooking portion to a stirrup leather, a first side arm and a support arm connected to each other in an incident manner to define a frame compartment engageable by a user's foot;
- providing a support element for the user's foot;
- fitting the support element to the support arm and shape-coupling said element with an element seat of said arm, the element seat being delimited by an undercut portion;
- wedging on one side an optionally tapered portion of the support element in the undercut portion;
- constraining another portion of said element to the support arm by means of one or more mechanical fastenings, for example comprising one or more screws, which extend through the thickness of the stirrup frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.